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WOOLLY MULES-EARS 



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Wye'thia mol'lis 



Flower heads sunfiowerlike, 

 usually solitary at ends of stems 



Outside (ray) flowers of head 

 bright yellow, petal-like, 1 to 

 \}'t in. long, 10 to 15 in each 

 head, seed-producing 



Inner (disk) flowers of head- 

 numerous, bright yellow, small, 

 tubular, seed-producing 



Leaves mostly basal, alter- 

 nate, very large, stalked, ellip- 

 tic-oblong or oval, mostly nar- 

 rowed at base, entire around the 

 edge, covered with white woolly 

 hairs, becoming smoother and 

 stiff er with age; stem leaves 

 smaller than basal leaves 



Stems woody near base, wool- 

 ly-hairy but not bright white 



Taproot ni u c h 

 woody 



thickened, 



Chaffy bracts (paleae) borne 

 on the flower-bearing disk (re- 

 ceptacle), between the individ- 

 ual flowers 



Bracts in a 2- or 3-rowed, bell- 

 shaped series (involucre) around 

 base of flower head ; outer row 

 longer than inner, sometimes 

 longer than flower head 



"Seeds" (achenes) thick, not 

 strongly flattened, sharply an- 



fled, up to % in. long, crowned 

 y short scales, more or less 

 united below and extended 

 above into 2 to 5, awl-shaped 

 beards (awns) 



